Bunbury is located approximately 172kms south of Perth (see Map)  An enjoyable 2 hour drive, Bunbury is a water wonderland visited by day trippers and holiday makers alike all year round. The towns population is approximately 30,000 and continuing to grow.

There is so much to see and do in and around Bunbury too. We have pristine beaches, superb yachting facilities, awesome Karri Forests, caves and inlets, beach and sea fishing, breathtaking dives including the amazing ‘Lena Wreck’, playful dolphins, whale watching, great shopping, sumptuous restaurants and a cosmopolitan cappuccino strip, magnificent art galleries, delightful wineries, world-class golfing, lovely lagoons and of course excellent accommodation. Our harbour is one of the most picturesque in W.A. and you can drive along the breakwater all the way to Koombana Bay. Now, you must not leave Bunbury without visiting the dolphins at Koombana Beach (near the inlet mouth of the harbour). Of course we can’t promise that they will turn up on time, but this is one of the few places that you can see these magnificent creatures up close and personal.  

In Bunbury between June and September watch out for magnificent humpback and southern right whales, who pause to play a while in the surrounding waters before migrating to the Antarctic.

Bunbury is the major seaport of the South-West region, and the largest centre in Western Australia outside the metropolitan area. It is an expanding regional centre with a wealth of natural and man-made resources. It is surrounded by much of WA's best agricultural land, and the area is also rich in minerals. Bunbury, however, is primarily a holiday centre, and each year thousands come here to enjoy their holidays. The city is also used as a base to visit many beauty spots of the South-West.

At MyBunbury.com we intend to make as much information available to visitors and locals alike so that we all get to enjoy the variety of attractions that this beautiful town has to offer. Come and see Bunbury for yourself, you'll love it! 

CLIMATE

Bunbury shares a similar climate as Perth, we get warm to hot Summers and cool, wet Winters but there is still plenty of sun in the cooler months to go around!  It's a typical Mediterranean style climate really! 

So whether you like it hot or a little cooler the weather is ideal for holidays in our beautiful region most of the year round, so planning a holiday is made so much easier.

Below are the average temperatures and rainfall for Bunbury.
Month	Min°C	Max°C	RAIN(mm)
JANUARY	16.9	29.3	9.6
FEBRUARY	17.0	29.5	13.3
MARCH	15.6	27.6	19.4
APRIL	13.0	24.4	44.0
MAY	10.8	20.6	126.2
JUNE	9.5	18.1	189.7
JULY	8.6	17.3	175.4
AUGUST	8.6	17.7	126.6
SEPTEMBER	9.6	19.2	84.7
OCTOBER	10.9	21.2	51.8
NOVEMBER	13.2	24.4	22.8
DECEMBER	15.3	27.0	11.6

HISTORY

Bunbury lies at the western end of the Leschenault Inlet. The French explorer and Commander of the Geographe, Nicolas Baudin was the first to sight it in 1803. Geographe Bay is named after his ship and he named Leschenault after his botanist – Jean Baptiste Leschenault. So the port now known as Bunbury was named Port Leschenault.

In 1836 Governor Sir James Stirling accompanied an expedition  in the man-of-war ‘Sulphur’to explore the Port Leschenault and Busselton regions. Lieutenant  Henry William St. Pierre Bunbury, then in charge of a military detachment in Pinjarra, made the trek overland  in blistering heat to meet Governor Stirling in December of 1836.

For that incredible feat, Governor Stirling told the 24 year old Lieutenant that Port Leschenault would be re-named in his honour, it has been recorded that he was highly delighted. It was also shoes that Bunbury was the first to note the black sand that was quite peculiar to the shoreline. This ‘ilmenite’ and related beach sands were to develop into a multi-million dollar industry more than a century later.

There is only one public building that has survived from the late 19^th century. Situated on the corner of Arthur and Stephen Streets- the Paisley Centre was  built in 1894 as a primary school.